Chapter 587

Maja just glanced at her phone.

Noticing it was late, she nonchalantly said, “Mr. Raymond, I gotta bounce.*

tan didn’t react, only the sound of his door closing could be heard.

As Maja reached the hotel lobby, a wave of sadness washed over her.

She looked up at the sky, trying to keep the tears from falling.

Then Zoey called.

Zoey would call at least three times a day, reporting on company matters.

But this call wasn’t about the company; it was about the legal team.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, we’ve gotten wind of who’s taken the fall for the Shepard family, It’s Dalia’s son, who’s currently in the slammer. The whole thing’s stirred up a lot of chitchat; even the big shots are paying attention. With solid evidence, things moved quickly, and they’ve taken him away. Dalia is busy scrambling around, hoping to bail her son out. If all goes as expected, he’d be looking at a ten–year sentence.”

It turned out it was someone she knew.

Maja quickly slapped herself in the face, trying to shake off the sadness. She didn’t even notice that lan had followed her out.

He seemed worried about her heading home alone so late.

phone, laughing and chatting, seemingly unaffected by his matters, he was almost unable to contain the

gets a ten–year sentence, Dalia

lan standing

had witnessed her clash

of Carlene, it seemed natural that

So after she hung up the phone, he

red from the smoke and, in part, from his anger at her indifference.

Maja slowly turned around to see him standing behind

lit cigarette elegantly,

to take down the Shepard family, but I won’t allow it. Not only will I keep the Shepard family’s company from going under, but I’ll

it, and it wouldn’t be a stretch.

at a loss for words.

recognized prodigy in the financial world. He was ruthless with his enemies, and no one

took action himself, but when he did, he

now was impossible.

all her recent efforts would be in

nothing more than a

his cigarette, walked over, grabbed her

smoke, and the cigarette he was smoking didn’t have a strong nicotine taste but rather

felt uncomfortable, her eyes reddening from the smoke.

with

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